{"product_id":"jazz-dance-9780306805530","title":"Jazz Dance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of American Vernacular Dance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Marshall Winslow Stearns: An Appreciation by James T. Maher  * Prologue  Prehistory * Africa and the West Indies  * New Orleans and the South  * The Pattern of Diffusion   Beginnings * From Folk to Professional  * Early Minstrelsy  * Minstrel Dances and Dancers  * Late Minstrelsy   The Vernacular * Medicine Shows and Gillies  * Carnivals, Circuses, and Negro Minstrels  * Roadshows, T.O.B.A., and Picks  * The Witman Sisters   Tin Pan Alley and Song Lyrics * Ballroom Origins  * The Song Writer: Perry BradfordI  * The Song Writer: Perry BradfordII   Broadway and the Reviewers * Williams and Walker and the Beginnings of Vernacular Dance on Broadway  * Early Harlem  * Shuffle Along  * Broadway: The Early Twenties  * Broadway: The Late Twenties  * Choreography: Buddy Bradley   Technique: Pioneers, Innovators, and Stylists * King Rastus Brown and the Time Step  * Bill Robinson: Up on the Toes  * Frank Condos: Wings and the Expanding Repertory  * James Barton: Versatility  * Harland Dixon and Character Dancing  * John W. Bubbles and Rhythm Tap  * Fred Astaire   Specialties * Eccentric Dancing  * Comedy Dancing  * Russian Dancing   Acrobatics * Straight Acrobatics  * The New Acrobatics  * The Flash Acts   The Class Acts * The Original Stylists  * The First Class-Act Team: Greenlee and Drayton  * Pete Nugent and the Class Acts  * Coles and Atkins: The Last of the Class Acts   The Jitterbug * Harlem Background  * The Savoy Ballroom  * From Coast to Coast   Requiem * Baby Laurence and the Hoffers Club  * Groundhog  * The Dying Breed  * Epilogue","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883960578391,"sku":"9780306805530","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780306805530.jpg?v=1722529789","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jazz-dance-9780306805530","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}